Innovation and Business Events
- Biomedical iNet Launch - 18/01/2011
The launch road shows will not only give you an opportunity to network with other companies but also you will have a chance to meet with our Expert Review Panel who will consider novel ideas presented by delegates and assess what support could be given by the iNet to aid exploitation of these innovative idea. The iNet will be funding specialist support to help businesses bring innovation to market.
- theBizIdea Workshop - Hands on Marketing - 19/01/2011
This session covers the practical side of selling your product or service.
- Biomedical iNet Launch - 20/01/2011
The launch road shows will not only give you an opportunity to network with other companies but also you will have a chance to meet with our Expert Review Panel who will consider novel ideas presented by delegates and assess what support could be given by the iNet to aid exploitation of these innovative idea. The iNet will be funding specialist support to help businesses bring innovation to market.
- Creative Bath | iNet Roadshow Event | Bath - 24/01/2011
What do creative businesses in Bath need to thrive? Better links with the R&D coming out of our universities? Better links to one another? A showcase? A physical space in which to work? We want to hear your ideas.
- Innovation Network Breakfast Briefing - iNets Aerospace and Advanced Engineering - 25/01/2011
Breakfast event.
- Innovation Network Breakfast Briefing - iNets Aerospace and Advanced Engineering - 26/01/2011
Innovation Network Breakfast Briefing
- Biomedical iNet Launch - 27/01/2011
The launch road shows will not only give you an opportunity to network with other companies but also you will have a chance to meet with our Expert Review Panel who will consider novel ideas presented by delegates and assess what support could be given by the iNet to aid exploitation of these innovative idea. The iNet will be funding specialist support to help businesses bring innovation to market.
- GMG | iNet Roadshow Event | Gloucester - 28/01/2011
Have you heard about the Creative Industries iNet? Do you work in the Creative Industries in Gloucestershire? Do you have an innovative idea for a project that will help your business and our sector thrive? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these three questions then you should attend the GMG Creative Industries iNet Workshop.
- Innovation Network Breakfast Briefing - iNets Aerospace and Advanced Engineering - 01/02/2011
Innovation Network Breakfast Briefing
- theBizIdea Workshop - What a Brilliant Idea! - 09/02/2011
Learn how to make the most of your ideas. How to channel it and produce the best result.
- Chinese New Year Business Reception at UWE - 16/02/2011
The fourth annual business reception celebrating the Chinese New Year. This year's event has an exciting new format which will maximize networking and highlight UK-China opportunities, while offering the opportunity to hear the views of expert speakers and participate in the debate.
- Chinese New Year Business Reception - 16/02/2011
This is the fourth annual business reception celebrating the Chinese New Year. This year’s event will maximize networking and highlight UK-China opportunities, while offering the opportunity to hear the views of expert speakers and participate in the debate. This year's main speakers are Dr Kerry Brown of Chatham House and Stephen Phillips of the China-Britain Business Council (CBBC) The event is organised by Neil Blakeman Associates and the University of the West of England in association with UK Trade & Investment and the 48 Group Club. Sponsors include Element One IP and Kevin Lin Communications and the event is supported by Beacon South West, Bristol City Council,CBBC, CBI, Chopsticks Club and GWE Business West
- WEAF ANNUAL CONFERENCE - 16/02/2011
Winter Gardens - Weston Super Mare "DIVERSIFICATION" Can you afford not to attend this years conference with so many opportunities on offer? Full conference Agenda available on the website.
- Media Sandbox 2010 | Showcase event | Bristol - 18/02/2011
Please note, this is a free event, but tickets must be booked through Watershed box office: http://www.watershed.co.uk/exhibits/2781/ or 0117 927 5100
- 'Calling all Enterprising Students’ - 22/02/2011
Come and find out about new opportunities to develop your enterprise skills, working with teams of other UWE students on both short and longer term activities. We are looking for students to get involved in enterprise challenges (Flux 500 and a local Inter-Varsity Challenge) later this term, and to identify people who would like to take forward a SIFE – Students in Free Enterprise - team at UWE. SIFE teams carry out projects that bring real benefits to the wider community. These are fantastic ways to develop your enterprise skills and gain valuable experience to put on your CV.
- Cloud computing: Legal, Organisational and Technological Issues - 23/02/2011
The Commercial Law Research Unit is delighted to invite you to an important one day conference on Cloud Computing to discuss the legal, organisational and technological issues in this fast developing, exciting and innovative area of law that has long term ramifications for lawyers, business and beyond.
- theBizIdea Workshop - Cash Flow and Finance - 23/02/2011
This session offers a practical introduction to the principals of forecasting accounts for your business plan.
- theBizIdea Workshop - Social Media - 09/03/2011
This practical workshop gives you an introduction to the world of social media, demonstrating how to make the most of modern social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube as a means of positively benefiting your organisation by truly engaging your audience.
- The Engine Room Pitch | Workshop | Bristol - 15/03/2011
Sheffield Doc/Fest and Wide Eye Pictures, in partnership with the Creative Industries iNet, invites you to THE ENGINE ROOM PITCH workshop, taking place in Bristol on15/16 March 2011.
- AAE iNet Annual Conference - Unlocking Innovative Technologies to improve your business - 15/03/2011
Unlocking innovative technologies has always been a difficult area to understand. This event is designed to offer you the chance to learn about some of what is on offer from our South West Universities and how they can help your company through their specialist centre’s of expertise.
- theBizIdea Workshop - Sales and Selling Techniques - 16/03/2011
This workshop teaches people various sales techniques, how to plan and conduct effective sales calls, and to follow a sales process that utilizes effective questioning and consultative selling techniques.
- BEN networking: Green Roots - 17/03/2011
An exploration of why a focus on environmental sustainability can be good not just for the planet but also for profits.
- theBizIdea Workshop - Products & Services - 23/03/2011
We will be speaking about how to think about your idea as a product.
- ASTRAEA Unmanned Vehicles - 29/03/2011
ASTRAEA involves a consortium of major aerospace companies, including BAE Systems, EADS, Cobham, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce, and Thales, working with autonomous systems specialist Agent Oriented Software, many of the most innovative small companies in the sector, and leading academic minds
- BEN Event - Investability - 29/03/2011
BEN Investability is a one-day event for entrepreneurs, private investors and anyone else with an interest in the funding of early-stage technology businesses.
- Making your Social Enterprise Idea a reality - 30/03/2011
This Workshop will provide a lively introduction into how your social enterprise could become a sustainable community based social business.
- Bristol Health Innovation Showcase - 30/03/2011
The Bristol Health Innovation Showcase is an exciting exhibition celebrating Bristol's outstanding healthinnovation achievements and giving a glimpse at what the future might bring.
- Intellectual Property in a Sustainable Business - 07/04/2011
Every business has some form of Intellectual Property (IP) – brands, inventions, product developments, website content, marketing materials and designs that provide a competitive edge and enhance company reputation. Those companies that protect and understand how to utilise their IP can gain a significant competitive advantage, especially in the current economic climate. This short event provides a great opportunity for you to find out more about making the most of your IP.
- Bristol's Bright Future Conference - 07/04/2011
'Bristol's Bright Future' will discuss future plans for the Bristol region.
- BEN Networking: Cloud Share - 10/05/2011
This event is for anyone who uses or is considering using cloud computing in business, and wants to know how to exploit its full potential.
- Environmental Technology Roadmap Initiative - 13/05/2011
This is an open networking initiative, best suited to those who are actively engaged in the development or innovative application of environmental technologies. It also marks the launch of the Environmental Technologies iNet in the northern part of the South West region.
- Exploit Your Most Valuable Asset Free IP Support for Cleantech Businesses - 26/05/2011
A scheme providing the South West's environmental technology businesses with a comprehensive programme of intellectual property (IP) support will launch next month. Eligible companies and entrepreneurs will benefit from free one-to-one expert advice, a specifically tailored action plan and online/telephone coaching and mentoring, all following an initial workshop in Bristol on 26th May.
- BEN Networking: Team Talks - 07/06/2011
The team is the business but recruiting, motivating and retaining a talented team, especially in an innovative business, is a major challenge with no easy answers. The expert speakers at this BEN networking event will present insights, views and case studies to illustrate how this can be achieved.
- Pitching and Presenting your Idea or Business - 08/06/2011
This workshop is designed to give you tips on how to give an effective presentation, and confidence training in pitching your idea to judges or potential investors.
- Postgraduate Open Evening - 29/06/2011
Meet academic and administrative staff who will be available to provide information on a range of practically-focused courses, fees, scholarships and answer your questions. A professional qualified careers consultant will also be available to offer impartial advice on postgraduate study and other options.
- Executive MBA taster session - 01/07/2011
Are you a manager looking to accelerate your career to the next level? Why not invest in your future. We are pleased to offer you the opportunity to experience what it is like to study our part-time by attending our free taster session.
- Lunchtime workshop series - Research and Knowledge Exchange - 20/07/2011
Realising Impact - Impact doesn't just happen. Project partners and end-users, including companies, are often required to realise any societal and/or economic benefit possible from your research. An overview of how this can be achievedf will be provided together with an insight on how to make your research more attractive to industry.
- Brisfest - 23/09/2011
BrisFest is organised by The Bristol Festival Community Group who are a registered charity. Currently they have a board of trustees and a further 90+ volunteer committee members responsible for planning the various festival elements . BrisFest is built by hundreds of volunteers, all giving their time for free to create Bristol’s community festival.
- Innovation in Action - The Knowledge Escalator South West Showcase Event - 27/09/2011
A celebration of university and business collaboration – showcasing partnership activity between the region’s universities, students and businesses; creating innovation, inspiring entrepreneurialism and encouraging enterprise.
- Venturefest Bristol 2011 - 03/11/2011
Venturefest Bristol 2011 will bring entrepreneurs and innovators from across the Bristol and Bath knowledge base, together with investors and professional service providers with the aim of bringing ideas and money together to make things happen.
- Tourism for the Games - 08/11/2011
With less than a year to go until London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games, now is the best time for the tourism and business sector in the South West to get ready. This event is for you to highlight the activity taking place to support the London 2012 Games in your region.
- BEN networking: Measurement Matters - 06/12/2011
Delivered by BEN in collaboration with LIMA this event aims to make a broader tech audience aware of the range of measurement resources and capabilities that are available in the South West. It will also provide an opportunity for smaller companies in this space to learn about developing innovative solutions and growing those ideas.
- Grow your business with UWE Ventures - 07/12/2011
Join us at UWE Ventures to see the benefits of being part of a dynamic and supportive business community, combining flexible workspace and business support.
